College Week Misses the Mark With Students

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By Jon May

Husky Herald Reporter

   College is a means of new level of education for high school students. There they meet new people, begin to prepare for their future, and learn to live as an independent adult. For the majority of senior year, students stress about applying to colleges, working on getting grades up, meanwhile, some just sit back and relax without any idea on what exactly they are going to do with their future.

   The thing about college week, was that some students were completely unaware that this so called “college week” was even happening. Brian Tomiuk (’14) had no idea when or what it even was. “I have a half day every day, because I only have three classes. I didn’t hear much about College Week while here.”  

   The purpose of college week was to persuade high school seniors to start applying to colleges before November 1^st, for early admissions, so that they could get the most money from finical aid.

   The school came up with the idea of a raffle, allowing the students a chance at winning a brand new fridge for their college dorm.  Instead of normal raffle tickets students had to have previously applied to colleges, and these college applications would be their raffle tickets.

   Allie Sweeney’s (’14) response to this raffle was “It was cool that students could be rewarded for having applications turned in. Winning a fridge for your dorm is really convenient.”  James Oberymer (’14) also agreed about the raffle being a good way to persuade students, “I think it’s a good way to get everyone excited about going to college.”

   Some people used this college week time for other things. Emily Kraniak does not have a lot of time to devout to applying to colleges because she is always so busy. “I liked college week because I was able to finish applications that I didn’t have time for because I work so much.”

   The inconvenient part about college week was that some students still planned on applying to colleges. Some people are still waiting for other things, such as an ACT score, or still are unsure of their major.

   Cary Luke (’14) thinks that they should have College Week twice a year. “I think it’s pretty cool to have, but I think they should have it later in the year. I realize it’s trying to encourage people to get their applications in early, but not everyone can do that, and then they are left out.”
  Juniors remember to get your college applications in as soon as you can so you can have a fair chance at obtaining next year’s prize.